Conflict: | Fighting at Bois-le-Prêtre |
Partof: | Race to the Sea |
Date: | September 1914 to July 1915 |
Place: | Pont-à-Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France |
Coordinates: | 48.915°N 6.003°W |
Result: | Inconclusive |
Commander1: | Henri Lebocq |
Commander2: | Kurt von Ditfurth |
Units1: | 167th Infantry Regiment 168th Division 73rd Division 128th Division |
Units2: | 121st Division |
Bois-le-Prêtre fighting (Priest's Wood, German: Priesterwald in German) was an engagement in the First World War between September 1914 and July 1915, involving the French 73rd Division and the 128th Division (the Wolves of Bois-le-Prêtre) and the German 121st Division.
Bois le Prêtre is a Lorraine forest, to the north-west of the town of Pont-a-Mousson near the Moselle River. In 1914 German troops attacked Verdun fortifications which are a strong point inside the French defenses lines.